Toy gun



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TOY GUN Filed Feb. 5, 1930 fNl/ENTQQ 4w wan/ Nor 'ur- Patented May 17,1932 UNITED STATES ARTHUR STANLEY nonnnny, or wmnson, om nmo, CANADA TOYGUN Application filed February 5, 1930, Serial No. 4 2e,1'23,' and inCanada February 7, 1929.

This invention relates to improvements in a toy gun and appertainsparticularly to a device of this character capable of throwlng aprojectile that is quiet and harmless.

An object of the invention is to provlde a toy gun in which an elasticband serves the dual function of the propelling power and projectile.

A further object of the invention is to provide a toy gun adapted toproject an elastlc band and which is accordingly capable of affordingchildren much pleasure in playing cowboys and Indians, war and othergames with the maximum of safety and without even the disturbanceincidental to the use of cap-pistols. I

A still further object of this present invention is the provision of atoy gun of the nature described, adapted to throw a rubber bandprojectile that is characterized by structural simplicity, durability,and efficiency, capable of shooting relatively far and straight and ofproduction at a reasonable cost whereb the same is rendered commerciallydesira le.

To the accomplishment of these and related objects as will becomeapparent as the description proceeds, my invention resides in theconstruction, combination and arrangement of parts as shall behereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, and pointed out in the claim hereunto appended.

The invention will be best understood and can be more clearly described,when reference is had to the drawings forming a part of this disclosure,wherein like characters indicate like parts throughout the severalviews.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a side elevation of a possible embodiment ofmy invention; and

Figure 2 is a plan view thereof.

My toy gun intended particularly for shooting elastic bands simulates apistol to a marked degree though constructed very simply and cheaply.The barrel 5 is a length of dowel to the under rear portion of which thestock 6 is rigidly fastened. This stock 6, from the back of the barrel 5depends to form the forward half 7 of the handle, whose second or backhalf 8 hinges or pivots centrally on the forward half; a clothes pinspringiQ having a' central coil part 10 as pivot and radially extendingends 11 terminally inturned serves to unit the two component parts ofthe handle and normally holds the upperendof the back half 8 ofthe'han'dle, which is shaped to immitate a hammer 12,,in springurged'engagement with the rear of the barrel. 5. i

The lower ends of the handle members 7 and 8 are normally spaced but canbe pressed together against the action of the spring 9 so that thehammer-shaped upper end 12 of the back handle member 8 pivoting on thecoil body of the spring 9 moves away from and out of engagement with theback of the barrel 5. The whole is completed and given a closeresemblance to the. ordinary pistol by inserting av small sighter in theforward end of the barrel and finishing. the toy with a coat of aluminumorother metallic paint. As the preceding explanation is a clear concisedescription of the construction in detail of one embodiment of myinvention so that anyone skilled in the art to which it applies .willreadily understand the same, it

should now suffice in conclusion to make but brief reference to its useand modus operandi :An elastic band of suitable length of either themanufactured variety or, for economys sake, one cut from an oldautomobile tube has'its ends overlapped and inserted between the hammerend 12 of the back handle member 8 and the back of the barrel 5 andthere frictionally held against accidental displacement and the centralportion of the band is stretched over the front end of the barrel 5,then when it is desired to release the elastic projectile, the handlemembers 7 and 8 aresqueezed together at the bottom, releasing the hammerend 12 from the clamping engagement with the back overlapped ends of theelastic band which thus freed flies forward. The projectile is harmlesseven at close range, easily recovered for repeated use and moreover theentire operation of the toy is quiet.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, it will be manifest that a toy gun is provided that willfulfill all the necessary requirements of such a device, but as manychanges 9 could be made in the above description and many apparentlyWidely different embodiments of my invention may be constructed withinthe scope of the appended claim, Without departing from the spirit orscope there-Q V 10 of it is intended that all matters contained in thesaid accompanying specification and and not in a limited sense.

Having thus described my invention, what 15 I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is r- I 1 In a toy gun adapted to shoot elasticbands; a solid elongated barrel; a stock rigidly fastened to theunderside of said barrel at the rear thereof and having an angularlydepending rear end; an angular complimentalfmember operating on theangularly ex tended depending rear end of said stock and a having itsupperend provided with an angularly cut fiat face opposed to the rearend of thebarrel and serving to co-operate therewith to normally holdagainst the rear end of the barrel the overlapped ends of an elasticstretched over the outer end of said barrel, along the sides thereof andover the rear end of said barrel; and a fulcrum spring connecting saidcomplimental member with said angularly extended depending rear endofthe stock at the connection of the angular portions ofsaidcomplimental member and said stock end. 1 a p iIn testimony whereofI hereunto aflix my signature. 7

. ARTHUR STANLEY NORBURY. [L 5.]

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